An Antidote for Strychnine Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
Dig around in the [Am]garbage
Save up some halibut bones in a jar
Scrape a winter's worth
of salt deposits
From the rusty frame of my car
Ask the ex[F]perts[Em]
Maybe they'll know
[Am]

[Verse 2]
[Am]Call up my teacher in Cambridge
See what he remembers
Throw white phosphorus
in the fireplace
Look for clues in the embers
Call [F]the [Em]hotline
Give them a phony last name
[Am]

[Verse 3]
Try [Dm]to find
An antidote for [Am]strychnine

[Verse 4]
[Dm]Trying to find[G]
An antidote for [Am]strychnine

[Verse 5]
[Am]
Time's running short
Always seems to run shorter
Have some supplies sent
From up just past the northern border
Keep a line [F]out[Em]
To the people who take [G]the long [Am]view

[Verse 6]
Only share my [Am]research
With sick lab rats like me
Trapped behind the beakers
And the Erlenmeyer flasks
Cut off from the world,
I may not ever get free
But I [F]may[Em]
One [Am]day

[Verse 7]
[Am]
Trying [Dm]to find
An antidote [Am]for strychnine

[Verse 8]
[Am]
Trying [F]to find[Dm][G]
An antidote for strych[Am]nine

[Interlude 2]
[Am][Bb]

[Verse 9]
[Bb]So many sufferin[Dm]g from
the same affliction
[Am]Comi[D]ng up on
[Dm]a breakthrough
The clock's [Em]ticking[G]
[Am]Dig down amongst my calculations
Check my map
Up there on the surface
Everybody's getting ready
for the bloodbath
Stem [F]the tide, stem [Em]the tide
They're calling down for
[G]reinforce[Am]ments

[Verse 10]
[Am]
Trying [Dm]to find
An antidote [Am]for strychnine

[Verse 11]
[Am]
Trying to find
[Dm]An a[G]ntidote for strych
[Am]nine

[Outro 1]
[Am][Dm][Am]
[Em][Am]